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overmilk

overmilk verb: to milk (a cow or other animal) too much.

Verb

overmilk (third-person singular simple present overmilks, present participle overmilking, simple past and past participle overmilked)

  1. (transitive) To milk (a cow or other animal) too much.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To exploit too much

Forms of overmilk

third-person singular presentovermilks
present participleovermilking
past participleovermilked
pastovermilked

Origin of overmilk

From over- + milk.

Questions about overmilk

What does overmilk mean?
Overmilk means to milk (a cow or other animal) too much.
What part of speech is overmilk?
Overmilk is a verb.
What is the past tense of overmilk?
The past tense of overmilk is overmilked.

Words near overmilk in the dictionary

  1. overmild
  2. overmilitarize
  3. overmilitarized
  4. overmilitarizes
  5. overmilitarizing
  6. overmilk
  7. overmilked
  8. overmilking
  9. overmilks
  10. overmind
  11. overminds

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